It may look as if someone has done something unspeakable to them, or perhaps as if they had all gone in for a John Prescott lookalike contest, but in fact they are just having fun: in the doggy pantheon of great things to do, having a good shake when you are wet definitely ranks in the all-time top five. Especially when your owner is standing near by, in something dry-clean only.

The pictures were taken by the American photographer Carli Davidson, 30, who has a bit of thing